In the middle of June I sent them a plea to help suggest what I could use on Sara's hoof following her two-month battle with a nasty abscess which has resulted in a new farrier needing to cut away a substantial amount of her hoof to try and get on top of the infection.
Carr & Day & Martin have very kindly agreed to add Sara to their trial and between the two I think this is the one we'll see the best results from.
Background:
Around 6 weeks ago Sara suddenly went very lame. In all the 16 years I have owned her she has never been sick, sorry nor lame, so it was quite a concern for me. After a desperate message to the farrier we found an abscess that had already burst but left a nasty hole in her foot. I was slightly relieved it wasn't anything more sinister but had no idea getting rid of the abscess would be a lengthy process.
Thankfully we found some puss, and after a night poulticed up again we managed to draw more out. The following day I noticed her hoof was a lot drier but I was absolutely mortified at the state of her foot and dreading comprehending what people might think.
So, along came Carr & Day & Martin in the shape of my heros. They have very kindly offered to add Sara onto their hoof care trial which means going forward she will go straight onto their hoof supplement and begin a daily routine of having both the Carr & Day & Martin Cornucrescine and Oil applied so we can try to help get her hoof back to normal as quickly as possible.
Already I have seen some tremendous results in Ziggy's feet so have every bit of confidence that these fantastic products will play an important role in getting Sara's hoof to resemble something normal again.
Day 7:
I am absolutely over the moon with the comments from the farrier. He is more than happy with the progress of Sara's hoof. He's pretty sure all the infection is out now and felt the hoof was well enough to put a shoe on. She's walking much better now which is a relief so we'll start bringing her back into work.
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